Batman: Gotham Knights #73Review

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It's kind of like a bad accident. You want to look away, but you just can't.

By Jesse Schedeen

Each week IGN Comics hurries off to the local shop for the latest round of funny books. We read 'em, we rate 'em. As often as possible, we include a second and even third opinion. These quick reviews are meant as a guideline, to help you avoid the pitfalls of a wasted three dollars. We hope they are helpful, but keep in mind that comics are quite subjective. What may be gold to some, may be dirt for others. Our ratings scale isn't based on cool numbers or stars, but word descriptors that should help you separate the absolute musts from the total busts.

Jesse's Review: Good lord, is this comic bad! Even with the impending cancellation, each issue meanders along through subpar storylines united only by the writer's unhealthy fascination with Hush. In this issue, Joker makes his return to seek revenge on Hush... with killer pigeons. That's right. Ignoring that, doesn't Joker have his hands full with Red Hood right now? Well, according to the editor, this book takes place before War Crimes, leaving it well behind pretty much every comic in the DC universe. That's fitting for a book that has lacked direction and huddled in the shadow of every other Bat book for years. I doubt Batman's conflict with Hush will reach any semblance of a conclusion before the end of the series, but that's probably for the best.